Question

Cycloalkanes are _____.

a. none of the statements listed here as choices are correct.
b. saturated hydrocarbons.
c. compounds that have a flat molecular structure.
d. compounds that cannot have the hydrogens removed and replaced by chlorine.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Cycloalkanes are cyclic alkanes, the carbon atoms are arranged in a ring structure. Cycloalkanes are saturated hydrocarbons, meaning that all of the atoms present are single bonded.

Answer 2

Cycloalkanes are saturated hydrocarbons with monocyclic structure. This means that cycloalkanes contain hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a structure containing a single ring (sometimes with side chains), with all of the carbon-carbon bonds single. The examples of cycloalkanes are cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane…